75% Primary School Teachers In Kano Unqualified — SUBEB Boss

The primary school education in Kano, north-west Nigeria, is in comatose because over 75 per cent of teachers in the sector are incompetent and unqualified, Malam Yakubu Adamu, chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, has revealed in the ancient city.

This development is another challenge for the state governor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who assumed office last May with a promise to stage a revolution in the education sector.

Kwankwaso’s Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Umar Sa’ad Tudunwada, in an interview with P.M. NEWS, said the immediate past government of Malam Ibrahim Shekarau made amazing employments that encouraged, not only the bane of ghost workers but the promotion of mediocrity in the public sector.

“We are still verifying the actual number of government workers as we get conflicting figures from different departments, namely, the office of Head of Service, Ministry of Finance and the Computer department where payment slips are prepared. We are aware that the civil service needs overhauling if we must move ahead,” Tudunwada stated.

Adamu, who spoke during the orientation course for newly appointed Local Government Education Secretaries, said the primary education sector in Kano needs of help in the training and retraining of teachers so as to ensure qualitative education for the children.

The SUBEB chairman also assured that Kwankwaso’s government is ready to revitalise the primary education sector, adding that government was not in a haste to retrench teachers, “but what we are doing is to build their capacity.”